I was chastised by a pal last week when I suggested the Europa League was an irrelevance right now. “We are Celtic,” he said, “We have to be competing in every competition.” Indeed.
Earlier in the season Bologna were riding high in Serie A and the Europa League. A run of 12 games unbeaten put them in contention for a Champions League spot and qualification for the next round of the Europa. The latter is still a nailed-on certainty, but only one Serie A win since November has seen them slip to 8th. Form has pivoted south so abruptly you might be tempted to check if they recruited a management team from the MLS.
A win at bottom side Verona last Thursday provided respite, but (then) third from last Fiorentina took all three points when the teams met on Sunday. This is not a happy time for football fans from the ancient city.
While form may be poor, Bologna are significantly stronger than any side Celtic will face domestically. To leave with as much as a point will take our best performance since our last Europa League away game, in Rotterdam. Some of the players’ confidence will be fortified by recent performances at Atalanta and Lazio – both better sides that the one we face tonight. An interesting test lies ahead.
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@GM imagine the negatives ..When we Tan the minis on Sunday….
Blogger @ 10:07pm
Yip.
Just like all the arrogant clowns who support them … the Blue Broadcasting Corporation think they’ve got the league won already.
It will only make their despair in May all the sweeter.
Looking at the Europa League table and fixtures next Thursday, and though we are 24th atm, even a draw against Utrecht should see us through to the playoffs.
Of course, we can’t go out with that mentality.
We will win on Sunday
DRAMBOWIE – yes, ra peepul just love being up close and starry eyed to Shooper Ally they forget they huv a broadcasting remit (ie thur joab) to do.
Aside from that, this wee run that MON, Shaun, Foz and Mick are putting together is truly remarkable given the near self-implosion we faced only weeks ago. A couple of right good signings in and the gemme is on !
gonna scorch the hide off them drambowie
BTB – unfortunately they’re pushing at an open door.
Everyone and anyone who has anything negative to say about Celtic is welcomed with open arms.
Tom English has even been complimented for “searing analysis”.
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Shortie broadcasting a hun fan media presser.
Not the easiest EL section to be drawn, three of our opponents are currently in the top eight and another two will qualify for the play-offs. Celtic too if we win next week at home. Never expected us to finish in the top eight back when the draw was made, so we’ll have done well to progress if we beat Utrecht, or rather Martin & Co will have done well if we are still playing Euro Football next month.
Of course what is also really sweet about our earlier result is the absolute foregone certainty that a defeat would have been used by the haters and the graters on here to continue their campaign to individually and collectively attack every Celtic supporting member of the Board. And yet some still did, animus prevailing over the joy to be had. And as fir aw the ithers, not your day wis it?
Onwards tae Embra….
Now that this round is over…we are on the cusp of knock-out & out…only 3 points against Utrecht is a guarantee
But b4 that…cutting the Minis lead is priority
H.H.
….sounds very like getting through to Champions League when Brendan was there…..mmmmmmm
Lots of mincing of words there on Shortie about the weekend fixtures.
Truth is, if we win, we’ll win the league.
Sorry to disappoint.
https://youtu.be/nfWlot6h_JM?si=5PjxWi_DgAKid9PT
Feyenoord at Betis
Basel v Plzen
Salzburg at Aston Villa
Ludogorets v Nice
Young Boys at Stuttgart
Of course a win sees us through by a distance however a draw would suffice if only one of the above teams win and Young Boys either draw or win.
Only Nice of the above have nothing to play for.
So the likelihood is Ludogorets and Basel are strong contenders to win but neither would be certainty.
A point could see us through.
Similarly the Huns have jeopardy of their own re CL automatic scenario if Olympiakos win or draw in Amsterdam which will mean they must put out a strong team in Porto. 3 days before going to Easter Rd.
Exciting week ahead.
Thanks to Martin Shaun Mark and the team.
B78…hence the guarantee part ffs
Glad Hatate apologised to the dressing room as he had a lot to apologise for. Chicken brained, self-indulgent behaviour.
A big week indeed.
Win Sunday, 2 signings, win Thursday, Iheanacho and Saracchi back. Sheesh, we may even win the league 😲
Not gonna lie…Hatate has been playing like his head has been turned by?
Utrecht will presumably play the B team unless they have a manager as useless as Wilfried Nancy if he has a lobotomy before next week.
Laughed at BBC teuchter tonight drawing attention to Bologna’s injuries when we have played most of the season without 5 of our best players. Plumb.
Wonderful contribution 👏👏
Seriously….what is the point of any so called Celtuc fan slagging Wilfried Nancy?
You sound like a hun.
PLB
That guy annoyed me with his non stop commentary . No need to fill every second with drivel .
Although , compared to McCoist ………..
Was going to say board plants out in force tonight….but plants is to kind a word….board weeds out in force tonight…..aaahh…that’s better…
Nothing to fear from 10th place down in the Europa League.
A win next week should see us finish around 21st or 22nd (avoiding Porto maybe).
Can we register new players for the play offs?
If so, I’d fancy us.
Then a double header against Midtyjlland in the last 16.
Bit of payback.
Good thing about next week’s games ..Porto need too beat the huns to qualify automatically…should help…they are currently sitting 9th
Utrecht beat 2 0 at home ……we should be massive favs
Laxalt – the huns love Wilfried Nancy ya melt 🤣🤣
Good to read the positive stuff.
However, no more singings which we need desperately.
Still long way to go for me to feel any way different about how we are run.
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31003 yep the board weeds who suck it up no matter what.
Happy with outcome all things considered.
If we had a high calibre board, execs, ambition and strategy we would be light years ahead of where we are.
We still have our most vociferous fans banned even though the olive branch is there from them. MON needs them to win the league — a truce until the end of the season. Nicholson as per usual hides and puts himself ahead of outcomes for the club. They will not go away and will push him out — as per Tisdale and Nancy , TiC can’t fill potential with a charlatan at the helm.
On Reo apology accepted conditionally, repay your teammates on Sunday.and accepted unconditionally by all.
Good Morning Celts…
Good result last night and gutsy performance.
Well done MO’N, Shaun & The Bhoys…
Hope we get through to the play-off round with a strengthened team.
The players deserve a good crack at Europe after the season they have had.
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Hail Hail
BSR @ 4:36 pm,
“Harry Fathersham RIP
Took me to see Celtic in Parkhead for the first time, wanted to share his team with his baby brother, off we went on the train. Cold grey, Glasgow Saturday, we arrived at the train station in Parkhead, which is now long gone. Along the road and in, via a ‘lift over’ I saw a tricolour first, right above, on a curved bitchumen black as pitch roof “ That’s the jungle “ said Harry. He pointed across the ground to a long concrete like cement narrow tunnel, that ran the length of the then enclosure, he told me “ Watch there, – that’s where they come out “
Sure enough they did – it seems like yesterday, a riot of green and white, actually your best chance of seeing the famous Hoops in real life in those days. Folk were poor, hardly anyone had a Celtic ‘strip’ Christmas was your best chance, thereafter it became a thing. Harry’s Celtic weren’t very good pre Stein, they followed anyway, but there was something special about that place, and good times were about to roll. Then we saw, the Lions, then Dalglish, then the Maestro, and many, many more in between and after.
We even sat together elevated high above from where we came in, all those years before same kind of flag flutters in the breeze. today. We shared the Henrik years we saw great Celtic sides great victories, lucky, lucky Celtic two grandson’s of a Johnny Thomson fan.
Thank you Harry Fathersham”
Lovely tribute to your big brother BSR – what great memories.
May Harry R.I.P.
Hail Hail
Burnley78 on 20th January @ 2:55 pm,
“Chairbhoy
Like it or not. My sense is that you like it …..your man has won his bitter wee game and taken Celtic for a ride.
It will be many years before, if ever, Celtic gets back to the level of dominance we had under Ange. It will be a long time watching our despised rivals pick up the ‘diddy cups’ Roger Mitchell seems to suggest are of no value.
So yes your man has won and those who adore him will no doubt celebrate with every hun goal scored as they go straight into next years CL for winning the SPFL this season. A prize well beyond our grasp.
Realistically only Shakhtar Olympiakos or Copenhagen can prevent it.
Not at all sure what this is about – even with your twisted logic and agenda driven, drivel this one is very odd…
So just to point out Brendan Rodgers is not my man – he was the mamager of Celtic Glasgow, a very good manager I should add and got my backing.
Celtic are already “back” at the level we were at under Ange it was a serious of incomprehensibly bad decisions by our hierarchy that got us to the low point of the Nancy Bhoys saga.
Nancy & Co, Dr Tisdale and Peter Lawwell have gone and that’s a great start.
What must happen now, is they are replaced by top quality operators in these key positions.
Especially the Chairman’s role – we need a strong, intelligent, leader with huge interity to bring back our sullied reputation.
And just as importantly, change the Board and upgrade the Executive.
BTW: You, Paul67 and others talk about BR’s “games”, what exactly do you mean by that?
Hail Hail
Had a quick scan of the coefficient tables Sevco lose 19 points at the end of this season obviously plus what they earned for this so far 2pts for a win 1 for a draw
Turned on Shortbread at end of the game. Tom English’s first comment was that Bologna had the most shots on goal of any team in EL last night. The more sinister point (bearing in mind that English is an ill-informed windbag) is that one of their researchers clearly looked this up and English thought it was a great idea to begin with it to take the wind out of a 10 man away draw against Serie A opponents. A small sign of what we are up against as operation stop 5 in a row gets into full gear. Today the DR is all about Celtic fans brawling. Jeez they hate us.
Totally hate us let’s see if the pick up on sevco losing 19 coefficient points at seasons end
I also find Connie mclaughlin the female equivalent of pat Nevin.